Letterboxd is a social site for sharing your life in film.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Synopsis

Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.

This has been a favorite of mine for quite some time. So, when I drew it in my Adapted April Challenge I was quite pleased; I was planning on rewatching it anyways.

I haven't read Alexandre Dumas's book but I would like to sometime in the future. Considering how much I like this film, I'm sure I'd greatly enjoy the book.

Guy Pearce is absolutely fantastic. His portrayal of the vile, skullduggerous Mondego is outstanding. I am firmly convinced that he is one of the best actors out there and I'm glad we're seeing more of him in Hollywood these days, even if it must be in the woeful Lockout. Jim Cavizel, on the…

A tale of deception, redemption, revenge, faith and true love are a handful of words used to describe The Count of Monte Cristo. Masterfully scripted, phenomenally crafted, and a film that has the audience's heart throbbing like it is high off of a drug are more ways to attempt to describe this work of art that is so powerful, wonderful, and titillating!

The Count of Monte Cristo tackles one of the deepest moral issues human beings face: revenge. After being imprisoned for 13 years by his best friend, Edmond Dantés seeks out to fill his inner void of how he ended up in a cell. On the plate of revenge is the blood from being stabbed in the back, the…

Having read The Count of Monte Cristo, I can say with some verity that this should not be called an adaptation. Really, the book is too large and complex for one movie, even a two-and-a-half hour one. No, Kevin Reynolds' Count is an action hero at the center of an action movie, spurred along occasionally by heavy-handed ruminations on justice, revenge, and God.

Bad first: the script. It occasionally felt juvenile and, erm, cheesy. Otherwise, it was being, again, heavy handed. You just can't squeeze huge themes about the natures of man and justice and revenge into a movie that is primarily drawing on action scenes to keep the viewers' attention. Further, there was much more comic relief than in…

From all the things I liked about this movie, my hat goes off to how the narrative is structured just like a play, with different acts and very specific dynamics in each one.

Another important note is how some characters change their behavior and motivations without losing a natural sense to it; this is important particularly when it comes to body language, with details enriching the whole experience throughout the whole story.

Finally, the way a seemingly harmless rivalry between two friends turns into a massive quest for revenge is simply amazing. Both the film's writers and the original author (Dumas) created something special here. Overall not a classic but a fine movie indeed!

Excellent! Although I have no idea how close this keeps to the source material, it is a simple story with decent performances that hits the mark. Maybe I'll read the book ..... or just watch this again! Interesting to see a younger Henry Cavil in his pre-Superman days.

A tale of deception, redemption, revenge, faith and true love are a handful of words used to describe The Count of Monte Cristo. Masterfully scripted, phenomenally crafted, and a film that has the audience's heart throbbing like it is high off of a drug are more ways to attempt to describe this work of art that is so powerful, wonderful, and titillating!

The Count of Monte Cristo tackles one of the deepest moral issues human beings face: revenge. After being imprisoned for 13 years by his best friend, Edmond Dantés seeks out to fill his inner void of how he ended up in a cell. On the plate of revenge is the blood from being stabbed in the back, the…

The Count of Monte Cristo is a nice throwback to an older Hollywood era when swashbuckling films were all the rage. There’s plenty of swordfights, intrigue and romance to keep the movie entertaining at a cool 2 hours, which is fairly impressive considering the book is roughly 800 pages long.

Set in France after the Napoleonic era, a young sailor named Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is betrayed by his best friend Fernand (Guy Pearce) and falsely imprisoned for 14 years. He escapes with the aid of a fellow prisoner (Richard Harris), finds treasure on the island of Monte Cristo and uses his newfound wealth to plot an elaborate revenge on his enemies.